We love listening to KINGS AND QUEENS sing about their troubles. Here are five who compel special attention, from Queen Dido of Carthage to Boris Godunov. by Philip Kennicott. Illustrations by Stuart Patience.

How would Salome perform her scintillating Dance of the Seven Veils in Judaea today? We’d wager our heads she’d delight the Tetrarch with this international palette of veils. Let’s call them scarves, shall we?by Maria Mazzaro.